Yawar Saeed resigns as manager of Pakistan following shambolic tour of England

Pakistan’s manager for their shambolic cricket tour to England stepped down on Monday amid claims that teenager Mohammed Aamer had complained to him about pressures to get involved in spot-fixing.

Yawar Saeed resigned from his role with the Pakistan Cricket Board as 18-year-old Aamer appeared to be trying to save himself from the threat of an indefinite ban from the game.

Reports quoted sources from within the Pakistan Board as saying that Aamer felt he was forced to go along with a spot-fixing scam by older players Salman Butt and Mohammed Asif, who have also been suspended.

Resigning: Yawar Saeed has stepped down as manager of the Pakistan team

The Pakistan Cricket Board said Saeed had asked the board chairman if he could be relieved of his duties.

'Yawar
Saeed met with the chairman today who has accepted his request, the
board will announce a new manager in due course,' PCB media manager
Nadeem Sarwar told reporters.

Saeed has come in for severe criticism for his handling of team
affairs on the tour of England, which was marred by corruption
allegations.

'I don't want to comment on my decision but I have been thinking about it for a while now,' Saeed said.]

On his way: Yawar Saeed arriving at the Rose Bowl for last week's one-dayer between England and Pakistan

Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and team mates Mohammad Amir and
Mohammad Asif were suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC)
after newspaper allegations that they had deliberately arranged for
no-balls to be delivered at last month's fourth test.

The ICC also launched an investigation into suspicious 'scoring
patterns' by Pakistan in the third one dayer, which the visitors won.

The 75-year-old managed the Pakistan team on numerous tours since
the 70s and was a member of the inquiry committee that probed into the
team's poor performances in Australia early this year that led to the
banning and fining of seven players.

Former test captain, Aamir Sohail said he was not surprised that
Saeed had stepped down as there was too much pressure on the current
board and team management after the England tour.

'I think the PCB is under pressure now to make a fresh start and I think we can expect more changes,' he said.z